Famous quotes containing the word private:
“The private detective of fiction is a fantastic creation who acts and speaks like a real man. He can be completely realistic in every sense but one, that one sense being that in life as we know it such a man would not be a private detective.”
—Raymond Chandler (18881959)
“A private sin is not so prejudicial in this world, as a public indecency.”
—Miguel De Cervantes (15471616)
“Oh! a private buffoon is a light-hearted loon,
If you listen to popular rumour;
From morning to night hes so joyous and bright,
And he bubbles with wit and good humour!”
—Sir William Schwenck Gilbert (18361911)
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